Forgot your Linux root password? How to reset it!

Forgot your root password? No problem! Here is how to fix it in 30 seconds.

In the video I use Mint Serena 18.1, but should work fine on any other distro aswell, but I haven't tried it. Please leave a comment if it does.

The line you want to add in Grub is: rw init=/bin/bash

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[xx]

Mint 19.1- Hi i followed what you said and even did it a few times then typed exit and then i didnt know how to reboot from that screen so i turned laptop off then on again and still wont recognise password at login screen. any other options or repair installation?

[pedromoresco]

Thank you so much! For the people trying this in Mint 20.04 if the password is not changing try with just one letter

[MrSamdizzy]

Thanks! ... worked for me just fine. And kudos for sharing; take the rest of the day off.

[haharhubarb]

My grub menu doesnt look like that. Nor did holding the shift button. esc button opens up a blank grub menu only

[johnlee]

I remember the root password but my authenticate password is lost.. I mean.. I forgot it now i cant install anything.. It askss authentication password.. plz help

[lefteris.adamou.]

2:39 what did you pressed on the keyboard?

[alabetenoire]

Thank you! This helped me get back into Linux Mint 19.1 system after forgetting password.

[m.r.c.e]

after retyping my new Unix password in testing step I have "Authentication token manipulation error", and info that password unchanged.

[robertmiller]

I do everything here and it seems to work fine until I type "exit" I get the same screen you do and I hear you hit a key to restart but what key is it.

[zetacrucis]

How do I disable this (without setting a password for grub) so other users of the machine cannot exploit it?

[KennethLWagner-ywko]

first thing you did was log in, we forgot our password remember ! then i got to the add new password did that successfully typed in exit and the screen froze. logged out and back on with pwr button, tried password and it doesnt work, did it 3 times

[WallStreetinWallStreetLLC]

my shift key dont work as your video, what to do?

[HeWrd-fggg]

1:32 you wrote /bin/bas\h wasn't it suppose to be /bin/bash\ ? I'm confused

[WalnutZen]

Please help m8
after I've reset the password and give the command 'exit' I get a message 'kernel panic - not syncing : attempting to kill init exitcode = 0x000...'

[PWezuProductions]

A huge helpful video compared to other sources. Thank you for saving me from a headache!

[muhammadsyakir]

At 2.26 what did he press to exit the page

[jamiegossett]

I am using a Dell Latitude and holding shift won't work

[ikeaaron]

My system just hangs after I try to exit upon resetting :/

[StephenSmith]

If you screen comes up with garbled characters - STOP! don't blindly type in the commands and expect it to work.. I hosed my mint 20 bootup screens. I can still log in but I get a bunch of garbled characters and have to hit enter blindly to get to my login. I have no idea what it's telling me up to that point. On a positive note, the password I blindly typed does work when I enter "su" at the terminal.

[robertuk]

when i press f10 the screen just goes dark, i don't get to the root screen. I don't get into the root shell